page_title: Gangs in the United States
hierarchical_section_title: Gangs in the United States
context_page_description: Gangs in the United States include several types of groups, including national street gangs, local street gangs, prison gangs, motorcycle clubs, and ethnic and organized crime gangs. Approximately 1.4 million people were part of gangs as of 2011, and more than 33,000 gangs were active in the United States.
  Many American gangs began, and still exist, in urban areas. In many cases, national street gangs originated in major cities such as New York City, Detroit and Chicago but they later grew in other American cities like Albuquerque and Washington, D.C.
context_section_description: Gangs in the United States include several types of groups, including national street gangs, local street gangs, prison gangs, motorcycle clubs, and ethnic and organized crime gangs. Approximately 1.4 million people were part of gangs as of 2011, and more than 33,000 gangs were active in the United States.
  Many American gangs began, and still exist, in urban areas. In many cases, national street gangs originated in major cities such as New York City (Bronx), Detroit and Chicago but they later grew in other American cities like Albuquerque and Washington, D.C.
caption: Latin Kings graffiti of the King Master along with the abbreviations "L" and "K" on the sides.[1][2]
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